Hospitalists provide in-patient care, closer to home

UCLA Health physicians, called hospitalists, provide care in 17 locations. Illustration by Sean Noyce

As UCLA Health has expanded and opened primary(Link opens in new window) and specialty care(Link opens in new window) medical offices throughout Southern California, we have also grown our hospital network, and placed internists who specialize in treating hospitalized patients, called hospitalists, into 17 community hospitals and counting.

If you have a medical emergency, you should always call 911. But if you think you may need to be hospitalized and it is not an emergency, you can call your primary care physician (PCP), who will help you decide where to go to based on your symptoms and where you live.

If you're already at one of the hospitals, indicated on the list below or map above, you can request that a UCLA physician care for you during your stay and coordinate that care with your PCP so you have a smooth transition home.

If you need highly specialized care, such as a transplant(Link opens in new window) or heart surgery(Link opens in new window), you will have first priority for a transfer to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center(Link opens in new window) in Westwood or UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica(Link opens in new window), where our physicians handle the most serious cases.

UCLA HOSPITALIST LOCATIONS

WESTSIDE & LOS ANGELES 1. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center*(Link opens in new window) 2. UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica*(Link opens in new window) 3. Providence Saint John’s Health Center*(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) 4. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center*(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) 5. Good Samaritan Hospital(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) 6. Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center*(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

NORTHWEST VALLEY 7. Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center*(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) 8. Northridge Hospital Medical Center(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) 9. West Hills Hospital & Medical Center*(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) 10. Providence Tarzana Medical Center(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) 11. Encino Hospital Medical Center(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) 12. Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)*

SOUTH BAY 13. Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) 14. Torrance Memorial Medical Center(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

VENTURA COUNTY 15. Community Memorial Hospital(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) 16. St. John’s Regional Medical Center(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) 17. St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

*Hospitals covered by Entertainment Industry Medical Group(Link opens in new window) health plans

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This content ran in the Summer 2018 issue of The Checkup(Link opens in new window), a UCLA Health community newsletter on how to live your healthiest live.